Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android trojan called PhantomCard that abuses near-field communication (NFC) to conduct relay attacks for facilitating fraudulent transactions in attacks targeting banking customers in Brazil. “PhantomCard relays NFC data from a victim’s banking card to the fraudster’s device,” ThreatFabric said in a report. “PhantomCard is based on

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Google said it’s implementing a new policy requiring developers of cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets to obtain government licenses before publishing apps in 15 jurisdictions in order to “ensure a safe and compliant ecosystem for users.” The policy applies to markets like Bahrain, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland,…

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.  N-able N-central is a Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) platform designed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), allowing customers to efficiently manage and secure

DPRK hackers are throwing every kind of malware at the wall and seeing what sticks, deploying stealers, backdoors, and ransomware all at once.

The company disclosed a critical FortiSIEM flaw with a PoC exploit for it the same week researchers warned of an ominous surge in malicious traffic targeting the vendor’s SSL VPNs.

Developers maintaining the images made the “intentional choice” to leave the artifacts available as “a historical curiosity,” given the improbability they’d be exploited.

According to a recent Forescout analysis, open-source models were significantly less successful in vulnerability research than commercial and underground models.

Microsoft haul this month covers 109 CVEs… more or less

Researchers observed exploitation attempts against a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10 in a popular Erlang-based platform for critical infrastructure and OT development.